paul_delahaye

Thats one serious sticker sheet!

I've done very as well with these truck sets, I will post some pics this weekend if i can!

Hi, How well does the model accept the power functions components? Do they fit in nicely or look like an after thought? Do you need to sacrifice any of the detail for the motors/controls? Paul

mmm Not impressed, paid £11.75 at a Lego shop, then spotted them at Legoland Windsor for only £8.50 and then I get 10% annual pass discount!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8168892.stm Do you fancy giving away your spare lego bricks.......??? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm No, but I wonder what will happen to the bricks after the show? could be a lot of spare red 2 x 4's on bricklink on the cheap in the UK soon! Any Eurobricks people thinking of going along to give James May a hand next Saturday???

I love the way the cab vibrates as the compressor is working, looks quite realistic, but I have to say although I'm impressed how the drivers controls move i too prefer the smooth operation of the bucket rather than the pneumatic bits, but good job all the same Paul

This was the 1 set I was a little unsure about but it was the 1st I have purchased yesterday at legoland windsor. I actually really like it and I think I am going to buy a second so I can permanently built the alternative model as I think it is as well designed as the main model which is unusual in my opinion, normally they look a little odd. I love the multi function control knob for the blade of the snow plough. It works like the old big yellow technic plane control lever, very well designed and I get some black tracks Paul

I saw both sets at legoland windsor yesterday, The box was about twice the size but I still have difficulty justifying the cost of the wheeled loader, if it had only come with a motor it would have been much better value for money, I just don't understand the price jump this year on technic sets? The previous wheeled loader cost me £40 (I guess about 10 years ago when it was released without looking it up) This one is nearly £70 so quite a jump Paul

UK Lego shops are also giving this away with orders over £60 GBP I too noticed inside the leg is not chromed on one side, strangely though, I got 2 figures as I spend £120 and the opposite legs were not chromed? You would think they would all be chromed in the same way? Paul

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Have lego in the UK lost the plot with their technic pricing? New Truck £127.25 (With 1 motor) Front End Loader £68.49 (with no motor!) Snow Groomer £36.19 Maybe they have gold plated the linear actuators? Do they think I'm made of money! And what ever happened to the tractor with tipping trailer?

I like it, the trucks trailer looks a little wide though?

mmmm, I'm a little undecided, we already have like loads of firestations :-( in our towns, I was kind of hoping for a post office or bank, but hey, roll on the police station!

Hey Blakbird, I've found a broken link on your website? On this page: http://www.ericalbrecht.com/technic/towtrucks.html If you click the picture of the 8285 Tow Truck it randomly takes you to the info page for the 857 Motorbike Hope this helps Paul

I like this carriage lots, so much so I bought 9 or 10 copies of this set, partly so I could use the tanks as a Octan fuel storage depot alongside my railway but i have not got around to building that yet. I also think the build of the hopper is very good, I bought 4 copies of the hopper set. I hope lego goes the Hornby way and sells a lot more of these small train sets (a bit like the good ol days of lego trains as well

The leftover pieces. I really don't think the 2 big white bricks should be left over? I don't have them left over in my copy of the set. I think if you invert the model you will see you have forgotten to put them on the light bley wheel holders? Paul

I picked up the red sports car at legoland last week and the new town square with the bus and this is where I really noticed the aerial and seat issues. Paul

Rarely, I usually keep one set as original, then i sometimes get another copy of it (like the cement mixer, or the green and white cargo trucks) so I can mod and improve them. I do like converting my models to right hand drive :-)

http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4592 i find it quite annoying that this part always falls off my 2009 models the tolerance seems too loose? I'm guessing lego must have invested in a new molding tool for this piece anyone else noticed the same, i've also noticed that lego men don't tightly connect with lego car seats anymore, anyone having these issues? Paul

I can confirm, the following sets are available in Legoland winsdor as of today and I am the proud owner of most of them :-) Camper Van £13.70 Sports Car £6.85 Bus Stop & Pizza Shop (City Corner) £41.10 Helicopter Transport £19.55 Recovery Truck £8.80 They also had the new truck garage but I'm waiting on that one, It was £61 something God knows where they got these strange decimal point prices from?

Legoland windsor claim to have some of the city sets available now Going tomorrow so will confirm what is available!

Email from legoland windsor today! Exclusive LEGO® Products New LEGO Products launch at LEGOLAND first* Some of the latest LEGO toys will be available first at LEGOLAND Windsor*. From this weekend, new DUPLO Thomas & Friends, LEGO Castle and LEGO City sets will launch at LEGOLAND. There’ll be 19 sets in all, including Troll’s Mountain Fortress and King’s Battle Chariot from the LEGO Castle Range, the Helicopter Transporter, the Camper and Sports Car sets from LEGO City, and the new large pink brick box.

Great, I was not expecting another house ;-) I need it

Awesome, I was waiting for the next installment, I think this should topic should be pinned ;-) Such a good resource Paul

OK, I have no issues with spending £1000 - £2000 per year on Lego, the problem I have is I am running out of space to store the empty boxes once I've built the sets, Why are the boxes so god damm big! I only wish they contained enough bricks to completely fill those oversized boxes ;-) This year I am collecting City, Technic, Pirates, Power Miners, Trains and hopefully a modular building But overall, my main collections are Trains, Technic and City Paul